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This has been such an interesting thread and so many great ideas. I am a CASA volunteer. CASA stands for Court Approved Special Advocate. I am an advocate for children who have been taken away from their parents by DHS due to neglect or abuse. I have 2 cases going on right now. I really...

I am sorry for your loss and for the health of your husband. My BIL died this summer in an accident. What was a ripe off was, we went to pick a plot where his dad was buried and the plot was $300 so SIL bought her's while she was at it. A man in our church volunteered to dig the grave and the...

Do you mind me asking for a recipe for making kettle corn? My family loves it. jackie

I had been just putting small plastic containers outside to catching the run off of the house and pouring it into 2 liter soft drink bottles. I was going through that so fast. A couple days ago I was cleaning out an elderly couple in our church flower beds and planting some flowers. My...

Rob, I don't know about the kind you bought but in Arkansas they are the best things in the late spring at night. Last year we had to stay with my parents a lot due to them being in bad health. One of my daughters was sitting in a chair in front of a window and she couldn't figure out where...

Welcome Carri! Everyone is great. I learn so much!! jackie

You adjust to the noise. I love sleeping with an attic fan and the windows open. I don't have one but my parents have always had one. I hope you enjoy it. jackie

Welcome to a great site!! jackie

I love working in the garden and the yard. We have been tilling and building the soil in our new garden. I do have some onions planted, lettuce, beets and carrots planted but I only have a few onions coming up. I do have potatoes planted in tires. jackie

I think we as adult who teach our kids to respect authority i.e. teachers, principals, police and etc and then bad mouth the government and fight against it is telling our children not to respect our authorities. jackie

Welcome Jen!! This is a great site!! jackie

We are having to make a new garden spot so DH tilled it up this last weekend. We scooped horse manure that has aged and put in the dirt. I have him talked into buying landscaping timbers to divide up the different veggies. The garden is on a slope and he was wanting to build it up to it's...

Our fireplace has a blower but it will heat most of the house without it. One of our goals is to stock up on plenty of fire wood. jackie

You can freeze it. I wish I lived closer to you. jackie

That's wonderful. There are still good people around. Like the people on this board! jackie

yes, we have a fireplace that will heat the house pretty well with no electricity. We have been out of electricity for a few days due to ice before but some of these people in northern Arkansas are going on for 2 weeks. A few years ago our electricity would go off for no reason but we found...

a Walmart employee argued with me that a pressure cooker and a pressure canner was the same thing. She showed me and I politely said you can't put your jars in this one and you can't tell how much pressure there is and she continued to tell me they are all the same and this is it. She was...

:weee :celebrate :clap :weee Congratulations!!!! jackie

Ok, after this last ice storm I have a whole new idea on Emergency Preparedness. There are still people with no electricity here in Arkansas and are still finding people dead. I am going to start stocking up on food and water. jackie

I am so sorry this has happened to you but it sounds like you being frugal helped out. I'm scared with the economy the way it is that many people will be taken like you were. I was watching the news and some celebrity was talking they wanted to take their money out of the back and stuff it...